"almost christmas" means it wasn't christmas!

about a week ago, my hollow knight obsession met the obstacle of a boss fight i'm stuck on (Traitor Lord), but! my brother finally came back to playing zero escape, so most of my game time has been watching him play. a few highlights:

"have any of y’all uncultured fucks played zero escape?” — my brother to his friends

the rest are spoilery: ( virtue's last reward spoilers )

he finished Virtue's Last Reward yesterday and has played like, the very first scene of Zero Time Dilemma, haha.

did last minute christmas shopping yesterday; found stuff for all the family members who will actually be here on christmas itself (several more will be arriving on the 28th, and i don't have their stuff yet but i'll either order it or go shopping again on thursday.)

speaking of extended family members, i'm gonna come out as trans to my grandma tomorrow and the others when they arrive later this week. because now that i'm out to my immediate family and they call me the right name most of the time, i no longer want to be closeted in my own house. so that'll be a little awkward/stressful, but it had to happen eventually. might as well be now.

also. seeing presents addressed to my new name has made me unbelievably happy. the euphoria makes up for any stress. (fingers crossed lmao)